"Copy editors? Who needs copy editors?" — part 325

Open Access Now 2022-07-28

Summary:

From Mark Swofford in Taiwan: In sympathy with the poor sign-makers, I would have to say that the spelling of "government" is not exactly transparent, especially if we're going by how it sounds. But wait a minute!  Some dictionaries put the "n" in the pronunciation key for this word. Most people I know pronounce "government" […]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=55466&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=copy-editors-who-needs-copy-editors-part-325

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Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

pronunciation

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

07/28/2022, 16:01

Date published:

07/28/2022, 13:28